Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Ray Desmond
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Book Details:
Publisher:Antique Collectors' Club Ltd
ISBN:9781851493050
Published Date:1st January 1999
Dimensions:218 X 278 X 30 mm
Weight:1.5608 kilograms
Pages:250
Binding:Hardcover
Illustrations:100 colour and 110 b&w illustrations
Condition:New
Notes:**HARDBACK**
Short Description
The first detailed account of Hooker's extensive travels.
Full Description
Sir Joseph Hooker is remembered as an eminent Victorian botanist and one of Charles Darwin's closest collaborators. Many gardeners and lovers of rhododendrons know of his plant collecting expedition in the Himalayas, but few are aware of his participation in Sir James Clark Ross' epic voyage to Antarctica in 1839-43, of his visits to Syria and Lebanon in 1860, to the Atlas Mountains in Morocco in 1871, and to the Rockies and California in 1877. At some risk to his own safety and health (he came close to drowning in the Antarctic Ocean and was imprisoned by the Rajah of Sikkim), he discovered many new species of plants and introduced a number of attractive flowers into British gardens. When Hooker encountered European species growing in the southern hemisphere he naturally wondered how they got there. He shared his theories on plant distribution and other topics of mutual interest with Darwin to whom he also sent scientific data acquired during his travels. He was a competent surveyor who produce
Review
'Nothing seems to have been spared in the production of this book - It is a work of art' Country Life
